Reflection 2008 Oil on Panel 8 x 10 inches David Shevlino paints a wide range of subjects but lately appears to focus on the figure and urban scenes. In many of his works, especially the landscapes, there is a wonderful balance between slow careful observation and the mad rush to capture fleeting light situations. In […]

I recently paid my deposit to the JSS summer program in Italy this summer which runs from July 18 – August 29, 2010. The location, near Sienna, looks absolutely fantastic, in a large complex that is a 14th century monastery converted into a conference center run by the University of Siena. I choose to attend […]

Dean Fisher New Cupboard 26″ x 42″ Oil on Panel Dean Fisher is a Connecticut-based still life and figure painter who has been included in 3 group exhibitions at the Hirschl & Adler Modern in Manhattan. He has also exhibited with the Tatistcheff Gallery. Recently I got the chance to see a few of his […]

The Heifer, oil on paper on panel, 8 x 10 inches Sharon Yates is an amazing painter whose primary subject for many years has been small paintings of cows done completely from life. Out of curiosity, I made a Google image search on “cow paintings” to see what other contemporary painters were doing with the […]

Here is a link to the trailer for the new movie The God of Small Things, Lucian Freud Captured on Film by the filmmaker Tim Meara. His new film, with footage of Lucian Freud and his Holland Park studio and interviews with people close to Freud will begin showing in time for Freud’s 90th birthday […]

Shalom Flash Tel aviv Panoramic view 7/16, oil on canvas, 8 x 10 inches Shalom Flash is an Israeli painter I had the pleasure of getting to know when he was a grad student with George Nick in the mid 80’s. I also shared a window where we painted the same view of Kenmore Square […]

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